The attack was well planned and brazen. The Taliban say they sent a hundred fighters and seven suicide bombers to storm the jail. They cut the electricity cables, plunging the prison into darkness and then detonated bombs at the wall, allowing them to storm the jail, call for the prisoners they most wanted with loudhailers, and leave with a small army of jihadi fighters.

The attack shows the capability of the militants and the lack of capacity of the government to control the Tribal areas and those close to them. This was a heavily guarded jail and although the Taliban attacked in force, it was an attack that could have been repelled.